BlackBerry 10 Jam World Tour Registrations Open for North America & Europe (Selling Out!!!)
Brian pointed out to me that RIM has opened up registration for their BlackBerry 10 Jam World Tour events in North America and Europe. He also pointed out that the Toronto event has already been sold out which just shows the excitement. Let us know if you registered! Check out all the details at www.blackberryjamworldtour.com/register
MyCityWay Urban Reference Guide for the PlayBook (Limited US Cities)
MyCityWay announced at BlackBerry World that they launched their urban reference guide for the PlayBook with plans to bring it to BlackBerry 10 devices. The app currently is only available in select US cities namely: New York, San Francisco, Austin, Seattle, and Chicago. We held off mentioning it because it seemed like more cities (68…
Updated: Offline Pocket Dictionary for BlackBerry Smartphones
Update: artiesberry let us know that the app has been changed to $0.99 from free by the developer. I have been simply using Google for years as a dictionary on my BlackBerry but Jason introduced me to Pocket Dictionary from SRID Games. This is in no way a comprehensive Oxford quality dictionary but it does work…
Kayak Releases BlackBerry Smartphone App Update to v2.0.6
Kayak shafted BlackBerry users recently with a public announcement that they were dropping support and maintenance for us in January. They they proceeded to do an about face and released their Android app on the PlayBook using the Android runtime. Now they have further muddled the issue by releasing what seems to be a maintenance…
Kodak Loses Yet Another Round in Patent Lawsuit Against RIM & Apple
RIM and Apple have just won another round against Kodak. For the last two years Kodak has claimed that RIM violated their patent for viewing images on a digital camera after taking them. The United States International Trade Commission released their preliminary findings on their website today (PDF). Essentially the judge (not the full commission)…
BlackBerry UK Rolls Out Three New TV Advertisements
RIM’s BlackBerry UK advertising team just rolled out three new TV spots to compliment their first round. I really enjoyed their first “BlackBerry People who do” style ad and they seem to be continuing in that vein. The latest videos spotted by CrackBerry show of features like NFC payments on the Bold 9790, BBM Music…
BlackBerry 7 Approved For Government Use in UK, Australia and New Zealand
RIM just got approval for BlackBerry 7 devices to be used by the US government from the DoD. Now that has been extended with approvals from the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. The CESG, National Technical Authority for Information Assurance in the UK, gave their stamp of approval for BlackBerry 7. They also got…
Build Your Own Contraptions With Phyzicle Sandbox for the PlayBook
Phyzicle Sandbox is an interesting new puzzle app for the PlayBook. It has you building contraptions in its 2D physics sandbox using shapes and fluids around constraints. You can undo any move and use different gravity bases including tilt based accelerometer gravity. Check out Phyzicle Sandbox in App World for $1.99 and let us know…
